That you just can’t convince some people even when confronted with irrefutable evidence.
Has it changed me? Yes, I will quit arguing or wasting the effort when the point is made and it’s apparent the effort is futile.

I’ve noticed some people are afraid to be different. They actually realize that they want to explore, but do not take the opportunity simply because of what their peers think, or are afraid to do new things because of ‘what they heard’.

I also used to think that just because our society created a norm, custom, or institution, it was the best and most efficient option. Now I am aware that a lot of these institutions are bogus and inefficient.

I have learned that I can be concerned about whether the people in my life are happy, and that I would give up happiness because it would somehow make them happy. I never knew that about myself before until this week

I learned that my past smoking was mostly in response to habits and stress when I am around a group of people and need a reason to get away from them for a while. I now understand it was a behavior that I created when my father was dying and I needed to get away from people.
Now that I am no longer smoking, I have to find other ways to deal with the stress of in a group enviroment.
Still haven’t figured that out. But one day at a time.

I had recently learned that most men are actually sensitive beings, who long for tenderness and love just like women.
I am now less afraid of “rough” men, and not expecting more tender men to be “tough”.
In my life, it is a good thing :)

Everyday I see more and more how confusing people are. A couple weeks ago I wanted to test how trustworthy my “buddy” was. I told her a fake secret and sure enough she told many people it. In the same day she told people she apologized to me and I forgave her. Today she puts her new plush dog in my face and told me it’s name. I warned her to get it out of my face and she didn’t. I grabbed the thing and threatend to rip it’s ears off and she’s all pissed off at me. People are so damn confusing! Oh well.

I have learned that life is short and that its tougher than I thought..
that dreams only come true when you actually go get them, when young I thought that wishing it would happen and that is such a false thought…
That you can love but it means nothing unless someone loves you back…
Being a mom is about teaching your daughters how to love themselves and just being a good listening shoulder…
I really want to win the LOTTO, and I am tired of being broke..
That is all I will share, lol

@Pazza Don’t worry, most of us only use “conspiracy theory” to denote dingbats who accept nonsensical, unsupported, baseless versions of events while ignoring mountains of evidence to the contrary. I’ve never met a “conspiracy theorist” that acutally objectively examines facts. They basically just hold the silliest beliefs imaginable and then characterize the people that point out the logical fallacies in them as ignorant, appathetic sheep…

The most interesting thing I learned about humans (and about food) lately is why TOAST tastes so good. It’s called the Malliard reaction.

“The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring the addition of heat. Like caramelization, it is a form of non-enzymatic browning. The reactive carbonyl group of the sugar interacts with the nucleophilic amino group of the amino acid, and interesting but poorly characterized odor and flavor molecules result. This reaction is the basis of the flavoring industry, since the type of amino acid determines the resulting flavor.

In the process, hundreds of different flavor compounds are created. These compounds in turn break down to form yet more new flavor compounds, and so on. Each type of food has a very distinctive set of flavor compounds that are formed during the Maillard reaction. It is these same compounds that flavor scientists have used over the years to create artificial flavors.

Although used since ancient times, the reaction is named after the chemist Louis-Camille Maillard who investigated it in the 20th century.”

Ps. I personally am very critical, look at all evidence , and then try to make my own mind up based on the available facts. Hense why I loath the label that is couloured bright pint on the luminous box known as ‘THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST’.